Entry: aprick (adj.)
In context: "Every floral unit on the ground has its pistil aprick and petals atremble in a truly shameless fashion."
Definition: pred. Erect, pricked or pricking up.
Other: That's quite the sentence, for a letter from a mother to a son.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 1006
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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